![]() ![]() IMHO Assignment Codes were added as tool to improve Categorizations in P6 EPPM (just a hunch). There’s some great potential for schedulers to get lost in fields and also to misunderstand how they should be used. How do I know if I want an Assignment Code or a Resource Code? What do I want here? There’s a ridiculous amount of “Codes” and “User Defined” fields to pick from. Have a look at the Resource Assignments screen column chooser. So while this is gives us more reasons to use the Resource Assignments screen, I’m a bit concerned about more data that admins will have to administer and clean-up when importing & exporting projects from their database.Ībove is an example of implementing an Assignment Code called “Shift Type” and assigning values to the Resource Assignments.Īnother concern for me, is that things are getting confusing. You can now use Assignment Codes to categorize, group and analyze your Resource Assignments in P6 v20.12.Īssignment Codes are (wait for it) Global-data, which means they are setup as the Enterprise level, not at the project level. I’m not to excited about Role codes, as I don’t ever use Roles, so let’s move past them. In this release of P6, you’ll find 2 brand new type of codes – the Assignment Code & the Role Code. We’ve got Project Codes, Activity Codes, Resource Codes, and NOW Assignment Codes & Role Codes! In fact, there’s so much in this update, I’m a bit stymied. NEW CODES: Resource Assignment & Role Codes Now with this new feature schedulers will have a lot more control over which Data Date gets used in a multi-project scheduling scenario. Typically every project would have a different Data Date. One of the trickiest parts of working with sub-projects that combine into a megaproject is around Data Date. You can now choose to set a single data date when scheduling a group of projects, or to let projects keep using their own Data Date. Again this is applicable when scheduling multiple projects at the same time. The option is called “All projects use their own Data Date” and you’ll see it on the Scheduling screen. Oracle has migrated an option that used to only be in P6 EPPM over to Primavera P6 Professional in version 20.12. ![]() New Setting: All Projects Use Their Own Data Date There’s a bit more related to this feature. This feature will help schedulers keep their P6 settings consistent in a multi-project situation. Now, in Primavera P6 version 20.12, when you’ve got more than 1 project open, you can then pick which Project’s saved Scheduling Options to use when scheduling projects together. When you open a project, and make a change to the Schedule Options, you’ll be asked if you want to save the options. (Actually you’ll see these changes even with 1 project open now, but with 2 or more project open, these options come alive).Īt the top of P6’s Scheduling Options screen, you’ll now see the option to choose which project’s Scheduling Options to use when scheduling your projects.Īs I was investigating this new feature, I got curious –ĭoes P6 save the Scheduling Options as they are set with a project in the project itself? When you open 2 or more projects together, you’ll see some changes to the Scheduling Options screen. If you ever manage multiple smaller projects together as a megaproject, you’ll be able to take advantage of this new P6 v20.12 feature. More Options when Scheduling Multiple Projects ![]() This is a nice additional feature in Primavera P6 version 20.12 and will help Contractors and Owners reach a new level of transparency around relationships. I also did some testing and saw that within the Reports area (only), you can build a report that can Group or Filter on this Comments field. Currently you’ve got 250 characters to work with. It’s a new text field called “Comments” that was added so you can leave documentation on specific relationships. The implementation of the is pretty simple. Now we can better document relationships, why we added this specific one, what the lag is for – directly on the Relationships tab, with great visibility! We’ve been asking for it for 100 years, and we’ve finally got it – a Comment field tied directly to a relationship! NEW! Add Comments Directly On Relationships Download a PDF List of ALL of the improvements to P6 since version 19.12.
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